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

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

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

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/trigger.c b/src/backend/commands/trigger.c
index 1a9c1ac290..23af3f2269 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/trigger.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/trigger.c
@@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ static HeapTuple ExecCallTriggerFunc(TriggerData *trigdata,
 									 FmgrInfo *finfo,
 									 Instrumentation *instr,
 									 MemoryContext per_tuple_context);
+static Tuplestorestate *AfterTriggerGetTransitionTable(int event,
+													   TupleTableSlot *oldslot,
+													   TupleTableSlot *newslot,
+													   TransitionCaptureState *transition_capture);
+static void TransitionTableAddTuple(EState *estate,
+									TransitionCaptureState *transition_capture,
+									ResultRelInfo *relinfo,
+									TupleTableSlot *slot,
+									TupleTableSlot *original_insert_tuple,
+									Tuplestorestate *tuplestore);
 static void AfterTriggerSaveEvent(EState *estate, ResultRelInfo *relinfo,
 								  int event, bool row_trigger,
 								  TupleTableSlot *oldtup, TupleTableSlot *newtup,
@@ -5650,6 +5660,91 @@ AfterTriggerPendingOnRel(Oid relid)
 	return false;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Get the transition table for the given event and depending on whether we are
+ * processing the old or the new tuple.
+ */
+static Tuplestorestate *
+AfterTriggerGetTransitionTable(int event,
+							   TupleTableSlot *oldslot,
+							   TupleTableSlot *newslot,
+							   TransitionCaptureState *transition_capture)
+{
+	Tuplestorestate *tuplestore = NULL;
+	bool		delete_old_table = transition_capture->tcs_delete_old_table;
+	bool		update_old_table = transition_capture->tcs_update_old_table;
+	bool		update_new_table = transition_capture->tcs_update_new_table;
+	bool		insert_new_table = transition_capture->tcs_insert_new_table;
+
+	/*
+	 * For INSERT events NEW should be non-NULL, for DELETE events OLD
+	 * should be non-NULL, whereas for UPDATE events normally both OLD and
+	 * NEW are non-NULL.  But for UPDATE events fired for capturing
+	 * transition tuples during UPDATE partition-key row movement, OLD is
+	 * NULL when the event is for a row being inserted, whereas NEW is
+	 * NULL when the event is for a row being deleted.
+	 */
+	Assert(!(event == TRIGGER_EVENT_DELETE && delete_old_table &&
+			 TupIsNull(oldslot)));
+	Assert(!(event == TRIGGER_EVENT_INSERT && insert_new_table &&
+			 TupIsNull(newslot)));
+
+	if (!TupIsNull(oldslot))
+	{
+		Assert(TupIsNull(newslot));
+		if (event == TRIGGER_EVENT_DELETE && delete_old_table)
+			tuplestore = transition_capture->tcs_private->old_tuplestore;
+		else if (event == TRIGGER_EVENT_UPDATE && update_old_table)
+			tuplestore = transition_capture->tcs_private->old_tuplestore;
+	}
+	else if (!TupIsNull(newslot))
+	{
+		Assert(TupIsNull(oldslot));
+		if (event == TRIGGER_EVENT_INSERT && insert_new_table)
+			tuplestore = transition_capture->tcs_private->new_tuplestore;
+		else if (event == TRIGGER_EVENT_UPDATE && update_new_table)
+			tuplestore = transition_capture->tcs_private->new_tuplestore;
+	}
+
+	return tuplestore;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Add the given heap tuple to the given tuplestore, applying the conversion
+ * map if necessary.
+ *
+ * If original_insert_tuple is given, we can add that tuple without conversion.
+ */
+static void
+TransitionTableAddTuple(EState *estate,
+						TransitionCaptureState *transition_capture,
+						ResultRelInfo *relinfo,
+						TupleTableSlot *slot,
+						TupleTableSlot *original_insert_tuple,
+						Tuplestorestate *tuplestore)
+{
+	TupleConversionMap *map;
+
+	/*
+	 * Nothing needs to be done if we don't have a tuplestore.
+	 */
+	if (tuplestore == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	if (original_insert_tuple)
+		tuplestore_puttupleslot(tuplestore, original_insert_tuple);
+	else if ((map = ExecGetChildToRootMap(relinfo)) != NULL)
+	{
+		AfterTriggersTableData *table = transition_capture->tcs_private;
+		TupleTableSlot *storeslot;
+
+		storeslot = GetAfterTriggersStoreSlot(table, map->outdesc);
+		execute_attr_map_slot(map->attrMap, slot, storeslot);
+		tuplestore_puttupleslot(tuplestore, storeslot);
+	}
+	else
+		tuplestore_puttupleslot(tuplestore, slot);
+}
 
 /* ----------
  * AfterTriggerSaveEvent()
@@ -5709,68 +5804,39 @@ AfterTriggerSaveEvent(EState *estate, ResultRelInfo *relinfo,
 	 */
 	if (row_trigger && transition_capture != NULL)
 	{
-		TupleTableSlot *original_insert_tuple = transition_capture->tcs_original_insert_tuple;
-		TupleConversionMap *map = ExecGetChildToRootMap(relinfo);
-		bool		delete_old_table = transition_capture->tcs_delete_old_table;
-		bool		update_old_table = transition_capture->tcs_update_old_table;
-		bool		update_new_table = transition_capture->tcs_update_new_table;
-		bool		insert_new_table = transition_capture->tcs_insert_new_table;
 
 		/*
-		 * For INSERT events NEW should be non-NULL, for DELETE events OLD
-		 * should be non-NULL, whereas for UPDATE events normally both OLD and
-		 * NEW are non-NULL.  But for UPDATE events fired for capturing
-		 * transition tuples during UPDATE partition-key row movement, OLD is
-		 * NULL when the event is for a row being inserted, whereas NEW is
-		 * NULL when the event is for a row being deleted.
+		 * Capture the old tuple in the appropriate transition table based on
+		 * the event.
 		 */
-		Assert(!(event == TRIGGER_EVENT_DELETE && delete_old_table &&
-				 TupIsNull(oldslot)));
-		Assert(!(event == TRIGGER_EVENT_INSERT && insert_new_table &&
-				 TupIsNull(newslot)));
-
-		if (!TupIsNull(oldslot) &&
-			((event == TRIGGER_EVENT_DELETE && delete_old_table) ||
-			 (event == TRIGGER_EVENT_UPDATE && update_old_table)))
+		if (!TupIsNull(oldslot))
 		{
 			Tuplestorestate *old_tuplestore;
 
-			old_tuplestore = transition_capture->tcs_private->old_tuplestore;
-
-			if (map != NULL)
-			{
-				AfterTriggersTableData *table = transition_capture->tcs_private;
-				TupleTableSlot *storeslot;
-
-				storeslot = GetAfterTriggersStoreSlot(table, map->outdesc);
-				execute_attr_map_slot(map->attrMap, oldslot, storeslot);
-				tuplestore_puttupleslot(old_tuplestore, storeslot);
-			}
-			else
-				tuplestore_puttupleslot(old_tuplestore, oldslot);
+			old_tuplestore = AfterTriggerGetTransitionTable(event,
+															oldslot,
+															NULL,
+															transition_capture);
+			TransitionTableAddTuple(estate, transition_capture, relinfo,
+									oldslot, NULL, old_tuplestore);
 		}
-		if (!TupIsNull(newslot) &&
-			((event == TRIGGER_EVENT_INSERT && insert_new_table) ||
-			 (event == TRIGGER_EVENT_UPDATE && update_new_table)))
+
+		/*
+		 * Capture the new tuple in the appropriate transition table based on
+		 * the event.
+		 */
+		if (!TupIsNull(newslot))
 		{
 			Tuplestorestate *new_tuplestore;
 
-			new_tuplestore = transition_capture->tcs_private->new_tuplestore;
-
-			if (original_insert_tuple != NULL)
-				tuplestore_puttupleslot(new_tuplestore,
-										original_insert_tuple);
-			else if (map != NULL)
-			{
-				AfterTriggersTableData *table = transition_capture->tcs_private;
-				TupleTableSlot *storeslot;
-
-				storeslot = GetAfterTriggersStoreSlot(table, map->outdesc);
-				execute_attr_map_slot(map->attrMap, newslot, storeslot);
-				tuplestore_puttupleslot(new_tuplestore, storeslot);
-			}
-			else
-				tuplestore_puttupleslot(new_tuplestore, newslot);
+			new_tuplestore = AfterTriggerGetTransitionTable(event,
+															NULL,
+															newslot,
+															transition_capture);
+			TransitionTableAddTuple(estate, transition_capture, relinfo,
+									newslot,
+									transition_capture->tcs_original_insert_tuple,
+									new_tuplestore);
 		}
 
 		/*
-- 
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* [PATCH v31 07/11] Add DISTINCT support for IVM
@ 2023-05-31 10:08  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2023-05-31 10:08 UTC (permalink / raw)

When IMMV is created with DISTINCT, multiplicity of tuples is
counted and stored in  "__ivm_count__" column, which is a hidden
column of IMMV.  The value in __ivm_count__ is updated when IMMV
is maintained incrementally. A tuple in IMMV can be removed if
and only if the count becomes zero.
---
 src/backend/commands/createas.c     | 141 ++++++++++++++++++++------
 src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c    |  40 ++++++++
 src/backend/commands/matview.c      | 148 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c    |   9 ++
 src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c        |   1 +
 src/backend/nodes/readfuncs.c       |   1 +
 src/backend/parser/parse_relation.c |  18 +++-
 src/backend/rewrite/rewriteDefine.c |   3 +-
 src/include/commands/createas.h     |   2 +
 src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h      |   2 +
 10 files changed, 320 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/createas.c b/src/backend/commands/createas.c
index 04a5ee9e37..8f2bd5203e 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/createas.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/createas.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #include "parser/parser.h"
 #include "parser/parsetree.h"
 #include "parser/parse_clause.h"
+#include "parser/parse_func.h"
 #include "rewrite/rewriteHandler.h"
 #include "tcop/tcopprot.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
@@ -305,6 +306,9 @@ ExecCreateTableAs(ParseState *pstate, CreateTableAsStmt *stmt,
 					 errhint("functions must be marked IMMUTABLE")));
 
 		check_ivm_restriction((Node *) query);
+
+		/* For IMMV, we need to rewrite matview query */
+		query = rewriteQueryForIMMV(query, into->colNames);
 	}
 
 	if (into->skipData)
@@ -409,6 +413,49 @@ ExecCreateTableAs(ParseState *pstate, CreateTableAsStmt *stmt,
 	return address;
 }
 
+/*
+ * rewriteQueryForIMMV -- rewrite view definition query for IMMV
+ *
+ * count(*) is added for counting distinct tuples in views.
+ */
+Query *
+rewriteQueryForIMMV(Query *query, List *colNames)
+{
+	Query *rewritten;
+
+	Node *node;
+	ParseState *pstate = make_parsestate(NULL);
+	FuncCall *fn;
+
+	rewritten = copyObject(query);
+	pstate->p_expr_kind = EXPR_KIND_SELECT_TARGET;
+
+	/*
+	 * Convert DISTINCT to GROUP BY and add count(*) for counting distinct
+	 * tuples in views.
+	 */
+	if (rewritten->distinctClause)
+	{
+		TargetEntry *tle;
+
+		rewritten->groupClause = transformDistinctClause(NULL, &rewritten->targetList, rewritten->sortClause, false);
+
+		fn = makeFuncCall(SystemFuncName("count"), NIL, COERCE_EXPLICIT_CALL, -1);
+		fn->agg_star = true;
+
+		node = ParseFuncOrColumn(pstate, fn->funcname, NIL, NULL, fn, false, -1);
+
+		tle = makeTargetEntry((Expr *) node,
+								list_length(rewritten->targetList) + 1,
+								pstrdup("__ivm_count__"),
+								false);
+		rewritten->targetList = lappend(rewritten->targetList, tle);
+		rewritten->hasAggs = true;
+	}
+
+	return rewritten;
+}
+
 /*
  * GetIntoRelEFlags --- compute executor flags needed for CREATE TABLE AS
  *
@@ -532,7 +579,8 @@ intorel_startup(DestReceiver *self, int operation, TupleDesc typeinfo)
 		ColumnDef  *col;
 		char	   *colname;
 
-		if (lc)
+		/* Don't override hidden columns added for IVM */
+		if (lc && !isIvmName(NameStr(attribute->attname)))
 		{
 			colname = strVal(lfirst(lc));
 			lc = lnext(into->colNames, lc);
@@ -936,10 +984,6 @@ check_ivm_restriction_walker(Node *node, void *context)
 					ereport(ERROR,
 							(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
 							 errmsg("LIMIT/OFFSET clause is not supported on incrementally maintainable materialized view")));
-				if (qry->distinctClause)
-					ereport(ERROR,
-							(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
-							 errmsg("DISTINCT is not supported on incrementally maintainable materialized view")));
 				if (qry->hasDistinctOn)
 					ereport(ERROR,
 							(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
@@ -1086,12 +1130,18 @@ CreateIndexOnIMMV(Query *query, Relation matviewRel)
 	char		idxname[NAMEDATALEN];
 	List	   *indexoidlist = RelationGetIndexList(matviewRel);
 	ListCell   *indexoidscan;
-	Bitmapset *key_attnos;
 
 	snprintf(idxname, sizeof(idxname), "%s_index", RelationGetRelationName(matviewRel));
 
 	index = makeNode(IndexStmt);
 
+	/*
+	 * We consider null values not distinct to make sure that views with DISTINCT
+	 * or GROUP BY don't contain multiple NULL rows when NULL is inserted to
+	 * a base table concurrently.
+	 */
+	index->nulls_not_distinct = true;
+
 	index->unique = true;
 	index->primary = false;
 	index->isconstraint = false;
@@ -1118,41 +1168,68 @@ CreateIndexOnIMMV(Query *query, Relation matviewRel)
 	index->concurrent = false;
 	index->if_not_exists = false;
 
-	/* create index on the base tables' primary key columns */
-	key_attnos = get_primary_key_attnos_from_query(query, &constraintList);
-	if (key_attnos)
+	if (query->distinctClause)
 	{
+		/* create unique constraint on all columns */
 		foreach(lc, query->targetList)
 		{
 			TargetEntry *tle = (TargetEntry *) lfirst(lc);
 			Form_pg_attribute attr = TupleDescAttr(matviewRel->rd_att, tle->resno - 1);
-
-			if (bms_is_member(tle->resno - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber, key_attnos))
-			{
-				IndexElem  *iparam;
-
-				iparam = makeNode(IndexElem);
-				iparam->name = pstrdup(NameStr(attr->attname));
-				iparam->expr = NULL;
-				iparam->indexcolname = NULL;
-				iparam->collation = NIL;
-				iparam->opclass = NIL;
-				iparam->opclassopts = NIL;
-				iparam->ordering = SORTBY_DEFAULT;
-				iparam->nulls_ordering = SORTBY_NULLS_DEFAULT;
-				index->indexParams = lappend(index->indexParams, iparam);
-			}
+			IndexElem  *iparam;
+
+			iparam = makeNode(IndexElem);
+			iparam->name = pstrdup(NameStr(attr->attname));
+			iparam->expr = NULL;
+			iparam->indexcolname = NULL;
+			iparam->collation = NIL;
+			iparam->opclass = NIL;
+			iparam->opclassopts = NIL;
+			iparam->ordering = SORTBY_DEFAULT;
+			iparam->nulls_ordering = SORTBY_NULLS_DEFAULT;
+			index->indexParams = lappend(index->indexParams, iparam);
 		}
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		/* create no index, just notice that an appropriate index is necessary for efficient IVM */
-		ereport(NOTICE,
-				(errmsg("could not create an index on materialized view \"%s\" automatically",
-						RelationGetRelationName(matviewRel)),
-				 errdetail("This target list does not have all the primary key columns. "),
-				 errhint("Create an index on the materialized view for efficient incremental maintenance.")));
-		return;
+		Bitmapset *key_attnos;
+
+		/* create index on the base tables' primary key columns */
+		key_attnos = get_primary_key_attnos_from_query(query, &constraintList);
+		if (key_attnos)
+		{
+			foreach(lc, query->targetList)
+			{
+				TargetEntry *tle = (TargetEntry *) lfirst(lc);
+				Form_pg_attribute attr = TupleDescAttr(matviewRel->rd_att, tle->resno - 1);
+
+				if (bms_is_member(tle->resno - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber, key_attnos))
+				{
+					IndexElem  *iparam;
+
+					iparam = makeNode(IndexElem);
+					iparam->name = pstrdup(NameStr(attr->attname));
+					iparam->expr = NULL;
+					iparam->indexcolname = NULL;
+					iparam->collation = NIL;
+					iparam->opclass = NIL;
+					iparam->opclassopts = NIL;
+					iparam->ordering = SORTBY_DEFAULT;
+					iparam->nulls_ordering = SORTBY_NULLS_DEFAULT;
+					index->indexParams = lappend(index->indexParams, iparam);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* create no index, just notice that an appropriate index is necessary for efficient IVM */
+			ereport(NOTICE,
+					(errmsg("could not create an index on materialized view \"%s\" automatically",
+							RelationGetRelationName(matviewRel)),
+					 errdetail("This target list does not have all the primary key columns, "
+							   "or this view does not contain DISTINCT clause."),
+					 errhint("Create an index on the materialized view for efficient incremental maintenance.")));
+			return;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* If we have a compatible index, we don't need to create another. */
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c b/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c
index d9016ef487..fb5265e6c3 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "commands/dbcommands.h"
 #include "commands/defrem.h"
 #include "commands/event_trigger.h"
+#include "commands/matview.h"
 #include "commands/progress.h"
 #include "commands/tablecmds.h"
 #include "commands/tablespace.h"
@@ -1132,6 +1133,45 @@ DefineIndex(Oid tableId,
 	safe_index = indexInfo->ii_Expressions == NIL &&
 		indexInfo->ii_Predicate == NIL;
 
+	/*
+	 * We disallow unique indexes on IVM columns of IMMVs.
+	 */
+	if (RelationIsIVM(rel) && stmt->unique)
+	{
+		for (int i = 0; i < indexInfo->ii_NumIndexKeyAttrs; i++)
+		{
+			AttrNumber	attno = indexInfo->ii_IndexAttrNumbers[i];
+			if (attno > 0)
+			{
+				char *name = NameStr(TupleDescAttr(rel->rd_att, attno - 1)->attname);
+				if (name && isIvmName(name))
+					ereport(ERROR,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+							 errmsg("unique index creation on IVM columns is not supported")));
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (indexInfo->ii_Expressions)
+		{
+			Bitmapset  *indexattrs = NULL;
+			int			varno = -1;
+
+			pull_varattnos((Node *) indexInfo->ii_Expressions, 1, &indexattrs);
+
+			while ((varno = bms_next_member(indexattrs, varno)) >= 0)
+			{
+				int attno = varno + FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber;
+				char *name = NameStr(TupleDescAttr(rel->rd_att, attno - 1)->attname);
+				if (name && isIvmName(name))
+					ereport(ERROR,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+							 errmsg("unique index creation on IVM columns is not supported")));
+			}
+
+		}
+	}
+
+
 	/*
 	 * Report index creation if appropriate (delay this till after most of the
 	 * error checks)
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/matview.c b/src/backend/commands/matview.c
index 1061c37b2c..f2e8aa02a3 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/matview.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/matview.c
@@ -148,11 +148,15 @@ static Query *rewrite_query_for_postupdate_state(Query *query, MV_TriggerTable *
 
 static void apply_delta(Oid matviewOid, Tuplestorestate *old_tuplestores, Tuplestorestate *new_tuplestores,
 			TupleDesc tupdesc_old, TupleDesc tupdesc_new,
-			Query *query);
+			Query *query, bool use_count, char *count_colname);
 static void apply_old_delta(const char *matviewname, const char *deltaname_old,
 				List *keys);
+static void apply_old_delta_with_count(const char *matviewname, const char *deltaname_old,
+				List *keys, const char *count_colname);
 static void apply_new_delta(const char *matviewname, const char *deltaname_new,
 				StringInfo target_list);
+static void apply_new_delta_with_count(const char *matviewname, const char* deltaname_new,
+				List *keys, StringInfo target_list, const char* count_colname);
 static char *get_matching_condition_string(List *keys);
 static void generate_equal(StringInfo querybuf, Oid opttype,
 			   const char *leftop, const char *rightop);
@@ -267,6 +271,7 @@ ExecRefreshMatView(RefreshMatViewStmt *stmt, const char *queryString,
 	Oid			matviewOid;
 	Relation	matviewRel;
 	Query	   *dataQuery;
+	Query	   *viewQuery;
 	Oid			tableSpace;
 	Oid			relowner;
 	Oid			OIDNewHeap;
@@ -329,8 +334,13 @@ ExecRefreshMatView(RefreshMatViewStmt *stmt, const char *queryString,
 						"CONCURRENTLY", "WITH NO DATA")));
 
 
-	dataQuery = get_matview_query(matviewRel);
+	viewQuery = get_matview_query(matviewRel);
 
+	/* For IMMV, we need to rewrite matview query */
+	if (!stmt->skipData && RelationIsIVM(matviewRel))
+		dataQuery = rewriteQueryForIMMV(viewQuery,NIL);
+	else
+		dataQuery = viewQuery;
 
 	/*
 	 * Check that there is a unique index with no WHERE clause on one or more
@@ -510,8 +520,8 @@ ExecRefreshMatView(RefreshMatViewStmt *stmt, const char *queryString,
 
 	if (!stmt->skipData && RelationIsIVM(matviewRel) && !oldPopulated)
 	{
-		CreateIndexOnIMMV(dataQuery, matviewRel);
-		CreateIvmTriggersOnBaseTables(dataQuery, matviewOid);
+		CreateIndexOnIMMV(viewQuery, matviewRel);
+		CreateIvmTriggersOnBaseTables(viewQuery, matviewOid);
 	}
 
 	table_close(matviewRel, NoLock);
@@ -1533,6 +1543,13 @@ IVM_immediate_maintenance(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 			int	rte_index = lfirst_int(lc2);
 			TupleDesc		tupdesc_old;
 			TupleDesc		tupdesc_new;
+			bool	use_count = false;
+			char   *count_colname = NULL;
+
+			count_colname = pstrdup("__ivm_count__");
+
+			if (query->distinctClause)
+				use_count = true;
 
 			/* calculate delta tables */
 			calc_delta(table, rte_index, rewritten, dest_old, dest_new,
@@ -1545,7 +1562,8 @@ IVM_immediate_maintenance(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 			{
 				/* apply the delta tables to the materialized view */
 				apply_delta(matviewOid, old_tuplestore, new_tuplestore,
-							tupdesc_old, tupdesc_new, query);
+							tupdesc_old, tupdesc_new, query, use_count,
+							count_colname);
 			}
 			PG_CATCH();
 			{
@@ -2018,7 +2036,7 @@ rewrite_query_for_postupdate_state(Query *query, MV_TriggerTable *table, int rte
 static void
 apply_delta(Oid matviewOid, Tuplestorestate *old_tuplestores, Tuplestorestate *new_tuplestores,
 			TupleDesc tupdesc_old, TupleDesc tupdesc_new,
-			Query *query)
+			Query *query, bool use_count, char *count_colname)
 {
 	StringInfoData querybuf;
 	StringInfoData target_list_buf;
@@ -2094,7 +2112,12 @@ apply_delta(Oid matviewOid, Tuplestorestate *old_tuplestores, Tuplestorestate *n
 		if (rc != SPI_OK_REL_REGISTER)
 			elog(ERROR, "SPI_register failed");
 
-		apply_old_delta(matviewname, OLD_DELTA_ENRNAME, keys);
+		if (use_count)
+			/* apply old delta and get rows to be recalculated */
+			apply_old_delta_with_count(matviewname, OLD_DELTA_ENRNAME,
+									   keys, count_colname);
+		else
+			apply_old_delta(matviewname, OLD_DELTA_ENRNAME, keys);
 
 	}
 	/* For tuple insertion */
@@ -2116,7 +2139,11 @@ apply_delta(Oid matviewOid, Tuplestorestate *old_tuplestores, Tuplestorestate *n
 			elog(ERROR, "SPI_register failed");
 
 		/* apply new delta */
-		apply_new_delta(matviewname, NEW_DELTA_ENRNAME, &target_list_buf);
+		if (use_count)
+			apply_new_delta_with_count(matviewname, NEW_DELTA_ENRNAME,
+								keys, &target_list_buf, count_colname);
+		else
+			apply_new_delta(matviewname, NEW_DELTA_ENRNAME, &target_list_buf);
 	}
 
 	/* We're done maintaining the materialized view. */
@@ -2129,6 +2156,51 @@ apply_delta(Oid matviewOid, Tuplestorestate *old_tuplestores, Tuplestorestate *n
 		elog(ERROR, "SPI_finish failed");
 }
 
+/*
+ * apply_old_delta_with_count
+ *
+ * Execute a query for applying a delta table given by deltname_old
+ * which contains tuples to be deleted from to a materialized view given by
+ * matviewname.  This is used when counting is required, that is, the view
+ * has aggregate or distinct.
+ */
+static void
+apply_old_delta_with_count(const char *matviewname, const char *deltaname_old,
+				List *keys, const char *count_colname)
+{
+	StringInfoData	querybuf;
+	char   *match_cond;
+
+	/* build WHERE condition for searching tuples to be deleted */
+	match_cond = get_matching_condition_string(keys);
+
+	/* Search for matching tuples from the view and update or delete if found. */
+	initStringInfo(&querybuf);
+	appendStringInfo(&querybuf,
+					"WITH t AS ("			/* collecting tid of target tuples in the view */
+						"SELECT diff.%s, "			/* count column */
+								"(diff.%s OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) mv.%s) AS for_dlt, "
+								"mv.ctid "
+						"FROM %s AS mv, %s AS diff "
+						"WHERE %s"					/* tuple matching condition */
+					"), updt AS ("			/* update a tuple if this is not to be deleted */
+						"UPDATE %s AS mv SET %s = mv.%s OPERATOR(pg_catalog.-) t.%s "
+						"FROM t WHERE mv.ctid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) t.ctid AND NOT for_dlt "
+					")"
+					/* delete a tuple if this is to be deleted */
+					"DELETE FROM %s AS mv USING t "
+					"WHERE mv.ctid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) t.ctid AND for_dlt",
+					count_colname,
+					count_colname, count_colname,
+					matviewname, deltaname_old,
+					match_cond,
+					matviewname, count_colname, count_colname, count_colname,
+					matviewname);
+
+	if (SPI_exec(querybuf.data, 0) != SPI_OK_DELETE)
+		elog(ERROR, "SPI_exec failed: %s", querybuf.data);
+}
+
 /*
  * apply_old_delta
  *
@@ -2178,6 +2250,66 @@ apply_old_delta(const char *matviewname, const char *deltaname_old,
 		elog(ERROR, "SPI_exec failed: %s", querybuf.data);
 }
 
+/*
+ * apply_new_delta_with_count
+ *
+ * Execute a query for applying a delta table given by deltname_new
+ * which contains tuples to be inserted into a materialized view given by
+ * matviewname.  This is used when counting is required, that is, the view
+ * has aggregate or distinct. Also, when a table in EXISTS sub queries
+ * is modified.
+ */
+static void
+apply_new_delta_with_count(const char *matviewname, const char* deltaname_new,
+				List *keys, StringInfo target_list, const char* count_colname)
+{
+	StringInfoData	querybuf;
+	StringInfoData	returning_keys;
+	ListCell	*lc;
+	char	*match_cond = "";
+
+	/* build WHERE condition for searching tuples to be updated */
+	match_cond = get_matching_condition_string(keys);
+
+	/* build string of keys list */
+	initStringInfo(&returning_keys);
+	if (keys)
+	{
+		foreach (lc, keys)
+		{
+			Form_pg_attribute attr = (Form_pg_attribute) lfirst(lc);
+			char   *resname = NameStr(attr->attname);
+			appendStringInfo(&returning_keys, "%s", quote_qualified_identifier("mv", resname));
+			if (lnext(keys, lc))
+				appendStringInfo(&returning_keys, ", ");
+		}
+	}
+	else
+		appendStringInfo(&returning_keys, "NULL");
+
+	/* Search for matching tuples from the view and update if found or insert if not. */
+	initStringInfo(&querybuf);
+	appendStringInfo(&querybuf,
+					"WITH updt AS ("		/* update a tuple if this exists in the view */
+						"UPDATE %s AS mv SET %s = mv.%s OPERATOR(pg_catalog.+) diff.%s "
+						"FROM %s AS diff "
+						"WHERE %s "					/* tuple matching condition */
+						"RETURNING %s"				/* returning keys of updated tuples */
+					") INSERT INTO %s (%s) "	/* insert a new tuple if this doesn't exist */
+						"SELECT %s FROM %s AS diff "
+						"WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM updt AS mv WHERE %s);",
+					matviewname, count_colname, count_colname, count_colname,
+					deltaname_new,
+					match_cond,
+					returning_keys.data,
+					matviewname, target_list->data,
+					target_list->data, deltaname_new,
+					match_cond);
+
+	if (SPI_exec(querybuf.data, 0) != SPI_OK_INSERT)
+		elog(ERROR, "SPI_exec failed: %s", querybuf.data);
+}
+
 /*
  * apply_new_delta
  *
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
index 6741e721ae..dad09b9b0b 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 #include "commands/cluster.h"
 #include "commands/comment.h"
 #include "commands/defrem.h"
+#include "commands/matview.h"
 #include "commands/event_trigger.h"
 #include "commands/sequence.h"
 #include "commands/tablecmds.h"
@@ -3789,6 +3790,14 @@ renameatt_internal(Oid myrelid,
 	targetrelation = relation_open(myrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 	renameatt_check(myrelid, RelationGetForm(targetrelation), recursing);
 
+	/*
+	 * Don't rename IVM columns.
+	 */
+	if (RelationIsIVM(targetrelation) && isIvmName(oldattname))
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+				 errmsg("IVM column can not be renamed")));
+
 	/*
 	 * if the 'recurse' flag is set then we are supposed to rename this
 	 * attribute in all classes that inherit from 'relname' (as well as in
diff --git a/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c b/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c
index 3337b77ae6..c191f70a6f 100644
--- a/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ _outRangeTblEntry(StringInfo str, const RangeTblEntry *node)
 			WRITE_INT_FIELD(rellockmode);
 			WRITE_UINT_FIELD(perminfoindex);
 			WRITE_NODE_FIELD(tablesample);
+			WRITE_BOOL_FIELD(relisivm);
 			break;
 		case RTE_SUBQUERY:
 			WRITE_NODE_FIELD(subquery);
diff --git a/src/backend/nodes/readfuncs.c b/src/backend/nodes/readfuncs.c
index c4d01a441a..ffcab8cda2 100644
--- a/src/backend/nodes/readfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/nodes/readfuncs.c
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ _readRangeTblEntry(void)
 			READ_INT_FIELD(rellockmode);
 			READ_UINT_FIELD(perminfoindex);
 			READ_NODE_FIELD(tablesample);
+			READ_BOOL_FIELD(relisivm);
 			break;
 		case RTE_SUBQUERY:
 			READ_NODE_FIELD(subquery);
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_relation.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_relation.c
index 427b7325db..65aecc96a7 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_relation.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "utils/rel.h"
 #include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/varlena.h"
+#include "commands/matview.h"
 
 
 /*
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ static void expandTupleDesc(TupleDesc tupdesc, Alias *eref,
 							int count, int offset,
 							int rtindex, int sublevels_up,
 							int location, bool include_dropped,
-							List **colnames, List **colvars);
+							List **colnames, List **colvars, bool is_ivm);
 static int	specialAttNum(const char *attname);
 static bool rte_visible_if_lateral(ParseState *pstate, RangeTblEntry *rte);
 static bool rte_visible_if_qualified(ParseState *pstate, RangeTblEntry *rte);
@@ -1503,6 +1504,7 @@ addRangeTableEntry(ParseState *pstate,
 	rte->inh = inh;
 	rte->relkind = rel->rd_rel->relkind;
 	rte->rellockmode = lockmode;
+	rte->relisivm = rel->rd_rel->relisivm;
 
 	/*
 	 * Build the list of effective column names using user-supplied aliases
@@ -1588,6 +1590,7 @@ addRangeTableEntryForRelation(ParseState *pstate,
 	rte->inh = inh;
 	rte->relkind = rel->rd_rel->relkind;
 	rte->rellockmode = lockmode;
+	rte->relisivm = rel->rd_rel->relisivm;
 
 	/*
 	 * Build the list of effective column names using user-supplied aliases
@@ -2752,7 +2755,7 @@ expandRTE(RangeTblEntry *rte, int rtindex, int sublevels_up,
 						expandTupleDesc(tupdesc, rte->eref,
 										rtfunc->funccolcount, atts_done,
 										rtindex, sublevels_up, location,
-										include_dropped, colnames, colvars);
+										include_dropped, colnames, colvars, false);
 					}
 					else if (functypclass == TYPEFUNC_SCALAR)
 					{
@@ -3020,7 +3023,7 @@ expandRelation(Oid relid, Alias *eref, int rtindex, int sublevels_up,
 	expandTupleDesc(rel->rd_att, eref, rel->rd_att->natts, 0,
 					rtindex, sublevels_up,
 					location, include_dropped,
-					colnames, colvars);
+					colnames, colvars, RelationIsIVM(rel));
 	relation_close(rel, AccessShareLock);
 }
 
@@ -3037,7 +3040,7 @@ static void
 expandTupleDesc(TupleDesc tupdesc, Alias *eref, int count, int offset,
 				int rtindex, int sublevels_up,
 				int location, bool include_dropped,
-				List **colnames, List **colvars)
+				List **colnames, List **colvars, bool is_ivm)
 {
 	ListCell   *aliascell;
 	int			varattno;
@@ -3050,6 +3053,9 @@ expandTupleDesc(TupleDesc tupdesc, Alias *eref, int count, int offset,
 	{
 		Form_pg_attribute attr = TupleDescAttr(tupdesc, varattno);
 
+		if (is_ivm && isIvmName(NameStr(attr->attname)) && !MatViewIncrementalMaintenanceIsEnabled())
+			continue;
+
 		if (attr->attisdropped)
 		{
 			if (include_dropped)
@@ -3212,6 +3218,10 @@ expandNSItemAttrs(ParseState *pstate, ParseNamespaceItem *nsitem,
 		Var		   *varnode = (Var *) lfirst(var);
 		TargetEntry *te;
 
+		/* if transform * into columnlist with IMMV, remove IVM columns */
+		if (rte->relisivm && isIvmName(label) && !MatViewIncrementalMaintenanceIsEnabled())
+			continue;
+
 		te = makeTargetEntry((Expr *) varnode,
 							 (AttrNumber) pstate->p_next_resno++,
 							 label,
diff --git a/src/backend/rewrite/rewriteDefine.c b/src/backend/rewrite/rewriteDefine.c
index 6cc9a8d8bf..5d22dbcfcf 100644
--- a/src/backend/rewrite/rewriteDefine.c
+++ b/src/backend/rewrite/rewriteDefine.c
@@ -614,7 +614,8 @@ checkRuleResultList(List *targetList, TupleDesc resultDesc, bool isSelect,
 														attr->atttypmod))));
 	}
 
-	if (i != resultDesc->natts)
+	/* No check for materialized views since this could have special columns for IVM */
+	if ((!isSelect || requireColumnNameMatch) && i != resultDesc->natts)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_OBJECT_DEFINITION),
 				 isSelect ?
diff --git a/src/include/commands/createas.h b/src/include/commands/createas.h
index 396ad1bb4c..6b47e66bfd 100644
--- a/src/include/commands/createas.h
+++ b/src/include/commands/createas.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ extern ObjectAddress ExecCreateTableAs(ParseState *pstate, CreateTableAsStmt *st
 extern void CreateIvmTriggersOnBaseTables(Query *qry, Oid matviewOid);
 extern void CreateIndexOnIMMV(Query *query, Relation matviewRel);
 
+extern Query *rewriteQueryForIMMV(Query *query, List *colNames);
+
 extern int	GetIntoRelEFlags(IntoClause *intoClause);
 
 extern DestReceiver *CreateIntoRelDestReceiver(IntoClause *intoClause);
diff --git a/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h b/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
index b89baef95d..bfa48d659e 100644
--- a/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
+++ b/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
@@ -1089,6 +1089,8 @@ typedef struct RangeTblEntry
 	Index		perminfoindex pg_node_attr(query_jumble_ignore);
 	/* sampling info, or NULL */
 	struct TableSampleClause *tablesample;
+	/* incrementally maintainable materialized view? */
+	bool		relisivm;
 
 	/*
 	 * Fields valid for a subquery RTE (else NULL):
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 440+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09  Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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